Improved sad-iron handle



-JonL cLnAsoN, or WHITnsToNE, NEW-YORK.-

Leam 'Patent No. 105,192, ma .my 12, 1870.

IMPROVED SAD-IRON HANDLE.

The Schedule referred to in thesevLettex-s Patent andmakng part of thesaune` To all whom it may concern n Be'it known that I, JOEL GLEASON, ofWhitestone, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Sad-iron Handle; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is va full and exact description thereof, reference being hadtothe accompanying drawings'. and to the letters of referencemarkedthereon, making a part of this specilication.

. The object of this invention' is to construct the handles or grasps ofsad-irons in such manner as will vob viate the necessity of usingholders of any kind to protect the hand from the heated handle or graspof sad-irons, as is the ense with sad-irons at present inad'e; and toeffect this desirable result I form the grasp of' thel sad-iron of ahollow cylinder, of thin sheet metal, so that but verylittle heat can beabsorbed or retained,`anil,`by means of suitable perforatons made in thecylindric grasp, the cool external -air is'admitted to the interior ofthe grasp, and thus renders its overheating impossible. In addition 'tothe graspv thus constructed, I place below the under side of the grasp,and the upper surface of the ir'ou, a smicircularshield, whichAprevents'the grasp from.

absorbing heat by radiation froml the iron.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 represents al side view of myinvent-ion,

and

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral drawings. Y' A A represents an ordinary sad-iron, into whicharefitted, by casting or otherwise, the wrought iron nprights d d, curvedto a convenient shape.

" Between the upper ends of the nprights d and in the direction of thelength of the iron, is fitted the handle or grasp B.

This handle or grasp is constructed of thin sheet metal, and is formedin the shape of a hollow cylinder with closed ends,and it is aiiilxedtothe uprights :l d by screws b b, which pass through the ends of theuprights .and ends of thc cylinder into the nuts ff;

into which'they are firmly screwed.

It will be observed that there is no' metallic connection passingthrough the cylinder and between the y nprightsto retain heat and conveyit to the grasp.

A series of perforations,I a a a, are formed in the grasp, which willenable .the cool external air to freely enter therein, and keep lthegrasp or handle cool.

In addition to the grasp or handle above described I interpose a shield,G, between the under side of the grasp and the iron, to further protectthe handle from becoming heated, and at the same time ai'ord aprotection to the han'dof the person using the iron. 4

v This shield C is formed of any suitable thin -sheet metal,- cutelliptical in shape, and curved upward, as is clearly shown in fig. 1,its greatest ,width being equalin width to the widest part ofthesad-iron, and

it is secured to the-uprights d (l by the screws b b,V

which secure'at the same time the ends of the'uprights, shield, andgrasp, together.

Having thus described my invention.

p What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.- p

A'ventilated grasp or handle, B, for sad-irons, in combination with ashield or protector, C, as and for the purposes hereinbcfore described.,A Witnesses:` JOEL GLEA'SON;

H. L. Warrnnnne, G. W. PLYMProN.'

